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Oil spill Israel's 'biggest ecological disaster'A pipeline leak in southern Israel last week has caused the country's biggest environmental disaster, an energy expert said Monday, after estimates of the size of the spillage were raised.http://phys.org/news337277238.html
EarthMon, 08 Dec 2014 16:30:01 ESTnews337277238Exxon Valdez 2014: Does media coverage of manmade disasters contribute to consumer complacency?Twenty-five years ago, the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. Americans found themselves cleaning up another giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, news coverage of environmental disasters serves to calm our immediate anxieties instead of catalyzing changes in the way fossil fuels are used.http://phys.org/news330082681.html
Other SciencesTue, 16 Sep 2014 11:10:02 ESTnews330082681US judge finds BP 'grossly negligent' in 2010 oil spillA US judge Thursday ruled the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was due to BP's "gross negligence," potentially subjecting the oil giant to billions of dollars in additional fines.http://phys.org/news329055103.html
EarthThu, 04 Sep 2014 13:40:01 ESTnews329055103Global economic losses from cyclones linger for decades, study findsAround the world, economic losses due to hurricanes continue for decades after disastrous storms strike, and the losses are not alleviated by spending on reconstruction and may climb with storms that are intensified by climate change. These are among the key findings of a new study co-authored by a UC Berkeley, economist and public policy professor.http://phys.org/news326437424.html
EarthTue, 05 Aug 2014 06:40:01 ESTnews326437424Team creates bioplastic made from shrimp shells(Phys.org) —For many people, "plastic" is a one-word analog for environmental disaster. It is made from precious petroleum, after all, and once discarded in landfills and oceans, it takes centuries to degrade.http://phys.org/news318582697.html
ChemistryTue, 06 May 2014 08:11:53 ESTnews318582697Historic blaze fueled a boom in tire recycling, advances in fire monitoringAn historic tire fire 30 years ago that blazed on for nine months in the northwest Virginia Appalachians, releasing giant plumes of toxic smoke, sparked a recycling revolution and advances in fire-monitoring methods. The fire's environmental legacy is the topic of the cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.http://phys.org/news302350204.html
EarthWed, 30 Oct 2013 11:10:13 ESTnews302350204BP wins reprieve over compensation for oil spillA US court has given BP a boost in its fight to limit how much it must pay in compensation for the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.http://phys.org/news300000186.html
EarthThu, 03 Oct 2013 06:23:14 ESTnews300000186Roads could help rather than harm the environment, say expertsTwo leading ecologists say a rapid proliferation of roads across the planet is causing irreparable damage to nature, but properly planned roads could actually help the environment.http://phys.org/news283000579.html
EarthWed, 20 Mar 2013 14:00:11 ESTnews283000579Lack of climate action risks developing world gains, UN saysThe rise of developing nations has cut poverty while the combined economies of Brazil, China and India are on a path to overtake wealthy nations, but failure to act on climate change could reverse those gains, a UN report said Thursday.http://phys.org/news282496377.html
EarthThu, 14 Mar 2013 16:30:01 ESTnews282496377France court upholds Total convictions over spillFrance's top court on Tuesday upheld energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil spill that blackened much of the country's Atlantic coastline.http://phys.org/news267790366.html
EarthTue, 25 Sep 2012 11:12:52 ESTnews267790366In environmental disasters, families respond with conflict, denial, silenceEnvironmental disasters impact individuals and communities; they also affect how family members communicate with each other, sometimes in surprising ways, according to a paper published by a faculty member at the University at Buffalo in the Journal of Family Issues.http://phys.org/news253445885.html
Other SciencesThu, 12 Apr 2012 10:38:11 ESTnews253445885Mathematical methods help predict movement of oil and ash following environmental disastersWhen oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in late April 2010, friends asked George Haller whether he was tracking its movement. That's because the McGill engineering professor has been working for years on ways to better understand patterns in the seemingly chaotic motion of oceans and air. Meanwhile, colleagues of Josefina Olascoaga in Miami were asking the geophysicist a similar question. Fortunately, she was.http://phys.org/news250775128.html
Other SciencesMon, 12 Mar 2012 15:00:01 ESTnews250775128Bonding out: Making companies pay up front for potential environmental disastersWhether it&#146;s building an oil pipeline, drilling for fuel in the ocean or &#147;fracking&#148; to flush natural gas out of the Earth, we&#146;re often asked to believe the process is safe, when companies want to do something that could have big benefits. But that process also could be potentially disastrous for the environment.http://phys.org/news247990408.html
EarthThu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:37 ESTnews247990408China water project to 'begin operating in 2013'A massive project to divert water from China's south to its drought-prone north -- which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated -- will become partly operational next year, state media reported.http://phys.org/news247642836.html
EarthSun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:01 ESTnews247642836Deepwater Horizon spill threatens more species than legally protectedMarine species facing threats from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico far exceed those under legal protection in the United States, a new paper in the journal BioScience finds. University of New Hampshire professor Fred Short and others found 39 additional marine species beyond the 14 protected by federal law that are at an elevated risk of extinction. These species, which range from whale sharks to seagrass, should receive priority for protection and restoration efforts, the authors advocate.http://phys.org/news224339665.html
BiologyWed, 11 May 2011 13:34:49 ESTnews224339665Shopping with the Grim Reaper in mindFear of death is a universal human emotion, but does it influence our behaviour as consumers? A new study, conducted by a graduate student at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, has explored how fear of the Grim Reaper translates into Canadian buying patterns. The research has several implications for marketers in these uncertain times.http://phys.org/news217594964.html
Other SciencesTue, 22 Feb 2011 11:03:07 ESTnews217594964Where has all the Gulf spill oil gone?Many questions remain about the fate and environmental impact of the marine oil caused by the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform. A predictive model based on engineering design tools is described in an article in Environmental Engineering Science, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.http://phys.org/news215785349.html
EarthTue, 01 Feb 2011 12:22:45 ESTnews215785349Study predicts women in power, Muslims heading West In the next 40 years, an unprecedented number of women will be in positions of power, Muslim immigration to the West will rise, and office workers will be unchained from their cubicles, a report released last week says.http://phys.org/news206596878.html
Other SciencesMon, 18 Oct 2010 05:50:01 ESTnews206596878New research shows why some communities embrace environmental conservation and others don'tContinued support for off-shore oil drilling by Gulf Coast residents who are dealing with one of the most devastating environmental disasters in U.S. history might seem surprising, but new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that local factors such as unemployment and population growth influence views about the value of environmental conservation and regulation.http://phys.org/news197807194.html
Other SciencesThu, 08 Jul 2010 11:40:31 ESTnews197807194Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip(AP) -- More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.http://phys.org/news187031034.html
EarthFri, 05 Mar 2010 17:04:17 ESTnews187031034Scientists document fate of huge oil slicks from seeps at coal oil pointTwenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska's Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of the nation's worst environmental disasters: 10.8 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the pristine Alaskan waters, eventually covering 11,000 square miles of ocean.http://phys.org/news161440137.html
EarthWed, 13 May 2009 13:29:27 ESTnews161440137Chinese forest project could reduce number of environmental disastersA study published in Journal of the American Water Resources Association states that the "Green Great Wall," a forest shelterbelt project in northern China running nearly parallel to the Great Wall, is likely to improve climatic and hydrological conditions in the area when completed. The project, which relies on afforestation (a process that changes land without dense tree cover into forest), could lead to an increase in precipitation by up to 20 percent and decrease the temperature in the area. The findings could have important implications for similar projects throughout the world.http://phys.org/news146761933.html
EarthMon, 24 Nov 2008 15:12:13 ESTnews146761933